The Story of Poetry X

by Poetry X Staff

Poetry X is a web site devoted to
increasing the public’s readership and appreciation of
poetry via the Internet. PoetryX.com is owned and operated by
poet, critic, and raconteur Jough Dempsey, who receives much
guidance and assistance from a number of generous people
online.

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Poetry X Site Features

Some features of Poetry X include:

Poetry Archives:
the poetry archives contain poems from the
classic to contemporary. The poetry archives are the
oldest section of the site (and the reason for making a
poetry-related web site) and have been online in one
form or another since 1996.

Every poem in the Poetry X archives appears with
permission of the poet, publisher, or copyright holder.
Please do not ask us how to contact a poet or publisher
to acquire permissions. Contact the
U.S. Library of Congress if you want to publish
poetry on your web site or other publication.

Articles:
the articles on Poetry X include a
series on writing poems, information about particular
poems and poets, articles about the business of poetry,
publishing, and society, canonical essays written
way-back-when, and all other writing and criticism
that didn